Monthly Archive for April, 2007

: April, 2007

A new poll shows Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., ahead of Republicans Mitt Romney and Arizona Sen. John McCain in a hypothetical ’08 presidential race. The poll didn’t ask about a potential Obama-Rudy Giuliani race. That would be interesting, as Giuliani continues to lead all Republican challengers in the polls. …

These are the details of the new version of Senate Bill 5986, which would provide tax money for a new Sonics arena in Renton. The bill passed out of committee Friday. It’s propsects in the full Legislature remain unclear. …

Former Tennessee senator and “Law and Order” actor Fred Thompson is in second place behind former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in a national poll of likely GOP voters condcuted by the Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg. …

In a change of pace, former GOP Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich pre-empts Democratic Senator John Kerry in a debate over climate change. The warmth was palpable as the two nearly hugged onstage afterwards. Gingrich and Kerry ended up debating the terms of their legacy through tax cuts for climate conscious corporations as opposed to carbon trading and stricter regulations, respectively. Recently returning from a six year hiatus at Salon.com, libertarian feminist Camille Paglia seems to be left out in the cold and to the right of Gingrich. Today, in her column she stated, “too many of my fellow Democrats seem peculiarly credulous at the moment, as if, having ground down organized religion into nonjudgmental, feel-good therapy, they are hungry for visions of apocalypse. From my perspective, virtually all of the major claims about global warming and its causes still remain to be proved. Climate change, keyed to solar cycles, is built into Earth’s system.” Paglia expected a wave of cri …

State lawmakers, hoping to adjourn by late next week, will be passing a flurry of bills in the coming days. One that passed Tuesday was a domestic partnership bill long sought by gay rights advocates. …

OLYMPIA – The Seattle Sonics aren’t getting the reception they’d hoped for in Olympia. On Tuesday, less than two weeks until the Legislature adjourns, the team scrambled to modify their wish list in hopes of winning support from House Speaker Frank Chopp, D-Seattle. …